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Health, finances, academic achievements – much of Donald Trump’s life remains a mystery. Like almost no president before him.
The story of his life is partially made up: Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party meeting in Washington (August 27).
Photo: Alex Brandon (AP / Keystone)
In 2016, candidate Trump promised to dry up the “swamp” of Washington. In view of the number of investigations, trials and convictions of the president’s employees and confidants, this cannot be questioned: The capital is more turbulent than ever, especially since Trump himself is a top secretary.
Your health, finances, and academic achievements are hidden under a veil. Trump’s life story is at least partially made up, the widely-told story of Croesus’s outburst that he made himself when it became known that young Donald received $ 400 million in initial aid from his father.
Trump’s state of health, also a secret, led to speculation again this week: Last November, the president surprisingly visited the Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington on a Saturday and then explained that it was simply the annual routine check-up.
No routine exam
Now, New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt reports in a new book that Vice President Mike Pence was instructed to take over government operations if necessary during Trump’s hospital stay. So there is no trace of routine. By the way, it wouldn’t be the first time the Trump camp has been misled by the president’s health. If first it was said that he was very healthy, yes, a model of vitality, then it was learned that the presidential heart is no longer the best.
After former Bill Clinton press spokesman Joe Lockhart speculated on Twitter that Trump had suffered a stroke in November 2019 and was thus taken to the hospital, the president fiercely fought back Tuesday – all the nonsense , an invention of his enemies.
The fact is, we know very little about Donald Trump’s physical condition. Both John F. Kennedy and Dwight Eisenhower and Franklin Roosevelt concealed some serious illnesses, but since 1976 several presidents have been relatively open about their health.
Suspicion of tax and credit fraud
Not the current one, whose secrets include your finances. Trump fought stubbornly and is fighting in court to deny investigators and Congressional Democrats information about his monetary affairs. As the first president since Richard Nixon, he declined to provide information on his financial situation.
Nobody knows if the president is really a billionaire. It is also unknown to what extent it is indebted abroad, for example in Russia. The multiple bankrupt guards his tax return like a precious jewel, while the New York prosecutor’s office investigates him for alleged tax and credit fraud.
Like his finances, Trump’s academic accomplishments remain a secret, even though he unprovokedly accused Barack Obama of being admitted to Columbia University in New York by a tortuous path. Trump praises himself as a genius, but refuses to see his qualifications. His former consigliere Michael Cohen even threatened universities with consequences if something came to light.
Then the president invents himself as he pleases. He carefully makes sure that what might clash with his image remains a secret.
